diff --git a/ansible/Earthfile b/ansible/Earthfile
index 155a9f07..71f9978d 100644
--- a/ansible/Earthfile
+++ b/ansible/Earthfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ WORKDIR /ansible
 # Linux image with Python + ansible installed
 ansible:
   # renovate: datasource=pypi depName=ansible
-  ARG ANSIBLE_VERSION=8.4.0
+  ARG ANSIBLE_VERSION=9.0.1
   RUN pip install ansible==$ANSIBLE_VERSION
 
 # The above, with the locally defined roles installed
diff --git a/devcontainer/features/src/ansible/requirements.txt b/devcontainer/features/src/ansible/requirements.txt
index 57f3da67..595aab42 100644
--- a/devcontainer/features/src/ansible/requirements.txt
+++ b/devcontainer/features/src/ansible/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # pip requirements
-ansible==8.6.1
+ansible==9.0.1
 kubernetes==28.1.0
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